Public water system record
Carlinville
Serves Carlinville, Macoupin County, IL · 6,598 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Carlinville in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 1
Key facts
- Carlinville draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Illinois, April 2011.
- Record on file since 1977, with 29 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 747 unknown out of 2,858 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Chlorite
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2023 | Resolved |
Full record since 1977
EPA's records for Carlinville go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 29 health-based violations (29 resolved) and 21 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 9 |
| 1990s | 3 | 1 |
| 2000s | 11 | 10 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 15 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began August 2015, Resolved.
Show all 29 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Aug 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
May 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
May 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Chlorite
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 1.2 mg/L, federal limit 1 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine dioxide
Disinfectant residual limit exceeded
Measured 0.93 mg/L, federal limit 0.8 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Jun 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 2010 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2010 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 2010 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2010 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 2007 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 62 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Atrazine
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Atrazine
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Atrazine
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1996 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Illinois regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against Carlinville between 2005 and 2011. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in April 2011.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2011 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 7 violations (7 health-based): CARBON, TOTAL |
| Aug 26, 2009 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 6 violations (6 health-based): CARBON, TOTAL |
| Jun 3, 2008 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation: Chlorite |
| Jul 19, 2007 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 6 violations (6 health-based): CARBON, TOTAL |
| Jul 22, 2005 | Illinois | Signed compliance agreement | 4 violations (4 health-based): CARBON, TOTAL |
Where the water comes from
Carlinville draws water from 2 surface water intakes. 1 other community water system and 2 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Carlinville. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Carlinville.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Lake Williamson Christian Center Carlinville, IL
Annual water quality report
Carlinville must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Illinois.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells